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Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt: update the limitation for fat fallocate
authorNamjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>
Sat, 17 May 2014 13:19:32 +0000 (23:19 +1000)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Mon, 19 May 2014 07:35:06 +0000 (17:35 +1000)
Update the limitation for fat fallocate.

Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@samsung.com>
Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt

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@@ -180,6 +180,16 @@ dos1xfloppy  -- If set, use a fallback default BIOS Parameter Block
 
 <bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false
 
+LIMITATION
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+* The fallocated region of file is discarded at umount/evict time
+  when using fallocate with FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE.
+  So, User should assume that fallocated region can be discarded at
+  last close if there is memory pressure resulting in eviction of
+  the inode from the memory. As a result, for any dependency on
+  the fallocated region, user should make sure to recheck fallocate
+  after reopening the file.
+
 TODO
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 * Need to get rid of the raw scanning stuff.  Instead, always use